Window-frame attachment



L. G. QUAGKBNBOSS.' WINDOW FRAME ATTACHMENT.

(No Model.)

Patented May,28,.18951.

. f /Tv l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD G. oUAoKENBOss, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIN DOW-FRAM E ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION'formng part of Letters Patent No. 539,882, dated May 28, 1895. Application tiled July 17,1894. Serial No. 517,776. (No model.)

It is often desirable to provide for placing plants in projecting windows or bays and have the windows so arranged that the plants may be readily removed and the window brought in position'so that it may be readily accessible, as for example when the window is to be Washed. Such windows should be so constructed that the rain and snow may not be liable tO enter. Moreover, it is desirable to provide means for readily Ventilating the space within the window occupied by the planlts without permitting the wind to blow directly therein.

My invention, speaking generally, is designed to provide ready means whereby the above objects may be accomplishedj'n a more satisfactory manner than heretofore.

My proj eoting window or bay window is designed to be placed outside of the ordinary window frames. This projecting window may be of any desired shape as square, octagonal or semicircular, and its construction is such that it may be turned so as to present the outside face of the projection' to the interior apartment. The bay window is preferably provided with suitably hinged sash, the sash which forms the sloping roof' being combined with ilashin g and counterflashin g. Under this sloping roof I provide a channel for receiving anyjwater that may gather from the moisture upon the under side thereof so that such water may drop down in front of the vertical wall of the projecting window. In the case` or frame Vwhich Vforms the closure about the bay,and preferably directly under the bay, I prefer to provide ventilators. This frame forming the closure about the projecting window may be readily trimmed and fitted to the ordinary window frame with tight joints. An automatically operated dashing or guard dow frame at the lower portion thereof. jbay, as shown herein, is rectangular in form should be provided between the closure frame and meeting rail of the window sash when my bay is used as hereinafter described in connection with the ordinary double sash window. Said automatic dashing allows the free and unobstructed movement of lowering the upper sash and also the unobstructed movement oflowering the window screen, which screen may be provided in front of the upper sash. 1

My invention will be Inore readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrative of my bay attached to the frame of an ordinary two-sash window,.the position ofthe bay when turned to make the.outside walls thereof accessible to the interior apartment being indicated by dotted lines; also the posi'- tion of one of the swinging sash'of the bay being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my bay-window. Fig. 3 is a detailed View showing the flashing between the closure-frame and the meetingrail; also the flashing and counteriiashing of the sash forming the sloping roof, together with the channel for gathering the moisture accumulating on the under-side of the glass of said roof. Fig. t is a modified form ofthe dashing between the closure-case andthe meetingrail `of the sash. Fig. 5 is a sectional view thereof on line 5 5.

Like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference throughout the different figures.

As shown in Fig. l the upper sash a is in its upper and closed position, the lower sash b being slightly raised. A screen `c is pro-4 vided in front of the upper sash.

My projecting bay is secured to the closure case d which is carefully itted into the win- The and provided with sash at the sides, front and top thereof. I have shown the front sash c f and the upper or roof sash g hinged.

The roof sash g, as shown most clearly in,

Fig. 3, is provided with the flashing h and eounterflashing i. When this sash is closed the upper edge ofthe flashing h comes against the inner side of the countertlashing z', and

there being lan angular space thus formed between the flashingand counterflashing,v theV joint is made quite secure against the weather.

I provide under the glass of the roof the channel lo having an openingl so that the moisture which gathers on the interior of the glass may run down and out" outsideiof the outer perpendicular wall of the bay.

The bay itself is suitably hinged, preferably to the closure case. of hinging the bay so that it may be turned to expose the outer portion thereofto the interior apartment may be employed; In this instance I have shown thebay hingedv at the lower interior edge m thereof.

When it is desired to clean the outer sides of the glass of the bay, it is only/necessary` to raise the lowersash b out of the wayand then, by simplyy turningy the bay to theA position indicated in Fig. l by dotted'linesfthe outer walls thereof. are made accessible.

I believe it new withlmyself.` to 4provideabay adapted to be turned so as to make the-exterior portion thereof accessible to the interior apartment without regard to the special manner in which such turning or rotation is effected.

The liashing n between the meeting rail and the closure case d, as'shown in Fig. 3, consists oa-strip of sheet metal extending across from one side of the frame to the other and bent preferablyvupwardly andfdownwardly. at

the innerl and outer edges, respectively, as

shown, and pivoted to lugs orfst-ripsv secured to the lower side of the frame of thescreen.

It is evident that this.1lashingn,when in the position shown, servesthe p urpose of closing the space between the `closure frame and the/ meeting rail, while at the'same time the upper sashmay be raised and lowered as desired. When lowered, the dashing takes the position indicated by dotted linesV in Fig. 3. If it is moving down as the screen to which it is pivoted moves.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown amodiflcationl of the manner of hingingor pivoting this automatically operatediiashingn-that is to say, in Fig. 4 the flashing rt is hinged to of being hinged to the screen c as Vshown in Fig. 3., I ind it desirable to provide in connection with this iiashing n-thecountertlashing 0.

It is evident,- as shown in Fig. 4, the upper sash, as well as the screen, maybe loweredl When, however,the screen c is lowered, .the

flashing fn., mounted as shown iny Fig. 4, will not be carried down with the screen, but will simply berotated out of the way in the same ymanner that itis moved whenthe upper-sash should be weighted so that when the upper sash is raised, the flashing will assume its normal'position with'the inner edge thereof up against the bottom of the meeting rail of the upper sash. Any convenient manner When the upper and lower sash of the window are closed, the interior of the bay is shut off fromthe air of the room and may be ventilated from the outside. I provide below the bay and-preferably in the closure frame, suitable ventilators p, which may be regulated to admit as much .Vorras lit-tleof the outside air as may be desired.

My bay window asthus constructed is spe.- cially adapted for holding. growing flowers andp'lants. Myinvention-isbroadly applicableasto certain features thereof to the construction oty bay` windows for various other purposes, asfor example, for giving additional light, ventilation and. space, and generally ywhen thebay. window is notv easily accessible architecture of the building tor which it is to be applied.

Asmy invention may be applied to any or- ;dinary window I am enabled to manufacture bay windows embodying my. invention and keep them in stock so that they may be sup plied upon short notice, the closure frame be- "ing varied inwidth and height, so that the `same may be applied to different sized win- Edows.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and vdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the closure frame :tted to the window frame in front of the lowerfsash, a bay window hinged at the lower and inner edge thereof to the closure frame,-

a [lashing between the closure frame and the .meeting rail pivoted to permit the upper sash to be lowered, the said closureframe boing ventilated below the bay, substantially as and for the purpose specified. the upper edge of the closure frame d instead'- 2. A- closure frame, adapted to be fitted to 3. The combination with a closure frame,

of aiwindow frame to which the closure `frame pis fitted and secured, the sash of the window, a

bay window mounted upon said closure frame,

and a dashing provided between the upper -portionfof the closure frame and the meeting rail of the sash, saidflashing being operated vby the movement of the sash, substantially as and for: the purpose specified.

4. The combination with the closure frame IOO fitted to the window freine in front of the the parts b and secured respectively to the lower sash, a bay Window hinged at the lower hinged roof and the bay frame, substantially inner edge of the closure frame, a pivoted es and'for the purpose specified.

hashing interposed betweenthe closure frame 5 and the meeting rail, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination with a closure frame fitted to the window frame, of a bay Window secured to said closure frame, having a. hinged `ro roof, and the automatic dashing consisting of In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 14th day of-Juiy, A. D. 1894.

LEONARD QUACKENBOSS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. BARTON, GEORGE L. CRAGG. 

